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APAICS Leadership Academy

Every year, APAICS hosts a Leadership Academy for Elected Officials. This Leadership Academy brings together elected APA officials from around the nation, allowing them to network and learn from others who have come before them.

The 2008 APAICS Leadership Academy brought together the following distinguished individuals for three days of dialogue and discourse:

Charlice Byrd (R) - State Representative, 20th District, Georgia
Patty Kim (D) - Council Member, Harrisburg City, Pennsylvania
Ted Lieu (D) - Assemblyman, 53rd District, California
Curtis Oda (R) - State Representative, 14th District, Utah
Quang X. Pham (I) - Founder/President of Lathian Health, California
John Pippy (R) - State Senator, Pennsylvania

 

(2008 Leadership Academy for Elected Officials with Norman Y. Mineta)

  • 2007 PARTICIPANTS
    • Senator Mailo Atonio (D), Legislature of American Samoa
    • Ken Chew, P.E., PMP (D), Council Member, Moraga (CA)
    • Sue Chew (D), State Representative, Boise (ID)
    • Jerry B. Clarito (D), Skokie Park District Commissioner, Skokie (IL)
    • Jose Owen R. Diaz, CFP (R), Mayor, City of Milan (MI)
    • Charles Kong Djou (R), Council Member, Honolulu (HI)
    • Laura Lee (D), Mayor City of Cerritos (CA)
    • Andrew M. Luzod, Mayor, City of Melvindale (MI)
    • Michael Park (D), Mayor, City of Federal Way (WA)
    • Norman Sakamoto (D), Majority Whip, Hawaii State Senate (HI)
    • Michelle Park Steel (R), State Board of Equalization Member (CA)
    • Aitofele T. Sunia (I), Lieutenant Governor of American Samoa, Pago Pago
  • 2005 PARTICIPANTS
    • The Honorable Charlice Byrd - Georgia State Representative
    • The Honorable Joyce Chen - New Haven, CT Alderwoman
    • The Honorable Owen Diaz - Mayor, Milan, MI
    • The Honorable Patrick Kwok - Mayor, Cupertino, CA
    • The Honorable John Lim - Oregon State Representative
    • The Honorable Maile Shimabukuro - Hawaii State Representative
    • The Honorable Glenn Wakai - Hawaii State Representative
    • The Honorable Gary Yamauchi - Alhambra, CA City Councilman
  • 2004 PARTICIPANTS
    • David J. Della (D), Seattle (WA) City Council
    • Michael Hsing (R), Bridgewater Township (NJ) City Council
    • Yoriko Kishimoto (D), Palo Alto (CA) City Council
    • Otto Lee (D), Sunnyvale (CA) City Council
    • Ted W. Lieu (D), Torrance (CA) Mayor Pro Tem
    • Danny Wan (D), Oakland (CA) City Council
    • Kris Wang (D), Cupertino (CA) City Council
    • Ron Villanueva (R), Virginia Beach (VA) City Council
  • 2003 PARTICIPANTS
    • Vinh Cam (D), Representative Town Meeting, District 10, Greenwich, CT
    • Franklin J. Chu (R), Rye (NY) City Council
    • Allen Co, City of South El Monte (CA) City Council
    • Hoon-Yung Hopgood (D), Michigan State House of Representatives
    • George K. James (R), Westwood (NJ) Borough Council
    • Alice Lai-Bitker (D), Alameda (CA) County Board of Supervisors
    • Barbara Marumoto (R), Hawaii State House of Representatives
    • Scott Nishimoto (D), Hawaii State House of Representatives
    • Andy Quach (R), Westminster (CA) City Council
  • 2002 PARTICIPANTS
    • John Chang, Shoreline (WA) City Council
    • Steve Cho (R), Fremont (CA) City Council
    • Ronald K. Ikejiri (D), Gardena (CA) City Council
    • Scott Jiu Wo Kawasaki (D), Fairbanks (AK) City Council
    • Samuel W. Lew (R), Fountain Valley (CA) City Council
    • Stan Matsunaka (D), Colorado State Senate
    • Tzeitel Russel M. Paras, Duarte (CA) City Council
    • Alicia D. Ping (R), Saline (MI) City Council
    • Robert P. Tolentino (R), Village of Glendale Heights (IL)
    • Jin Suk Yang (R), Mayor, Town of Corte Madera (CA)
  • 2001 PARTICIPANTS
    • Christopher Cabaldon (D), West Sacramento (CA) City Council
    • Colleen Hanabusa (D), Hawaii State Senate
    • Donna Mercado Kim (D), Hawaii State Senate
    • Daniel Lam (D), Town of Randolph (MA)
    • Tony Lam (R), Westminster (CA) City Council
    • Neng Lee (D), Eau Claire (WI) City Council
    • Alan Nakanishi (R), Lodi (CA) City Council
    • Gordon Quan (D), Houston (TX) City Council
    • Scott K. Saiki (D), Hawaii House of Representatives
    • Vini Elizabeth Samuel (D), Montesano (WA) City Council
    • Van T. Tran (R), Garden Grove (CA) City Council
    • Velma Veloria (D), Washington House of Representatives
  • 2000 PARTICIPANTS
    • James Arakaki (D), Chairman, Hawaii (HI) County Council
    • J. Kalani English (D), Maui (HI) County Council
    • Jose Esteves (R), Milpitas (CA) City Council
    • Michael Guingona (D), Daly City (CA) City Council
    • Dain Kane (D), Maui (H) County Council
    • Cheryl Lee (I), Shoreline (WA) City Council
    • Rene Mansho (D), Honolulu (H) City Council
    • Sharon Tomiko Santos (D), Washington House of Representatives
  • 1999 PARTICIPANTS
    • Jon Amores (D), West Virginia House of Representatives
    • Kumar P. Barve (D), Maryland House of Representatives
    • Mike Gin, Redondo Beach (CA) City Council
    • Solomon P. Kaho`ohalahala, Hawaii House of Representatives
    • Conrad Lee (R), Bellevue (WA) City Council
    • Joaquin Lim, Walnut (CA) City Council
    • Karyl Matsumoto, South San Francisco (CA) City Council
    • Hermina M. Morita (D), Hawaii House of Representatives
    • Michael Park, Federal Way (WA) City Council
    • Amy Mah Sangiolo (D), Newton (MA) Board of Aldermen
    • Paull H. Shin, Ph.D. (D), Washington State Senate
    • Benjamin S. Wong, Ph.D. (D), West Covina (CA) City Council
    • Martha J. Wong, Ed.D. (R), Houston (TX) City Council